{"id":14366,"date":"2016-05-24T16:20:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T15:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=14366"},"modified":"2016-05-24T16:20:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T15:20:25","slug":"business-boom-with-natwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/24\/business-boom-with-natwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Boom With NatWest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ecxmsonormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">NatWest has a long history spanning over 30 years of supporting retailers in Sparkhill, an area now widely recognised as Britain\u2019s independent shopping capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecxmsonormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Two local businesses that are taking Sparkhill by storm with NatWest support are Poze Accessories and Dipyum Cakes\/Deepalis restaurant.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14369\" style=\"width: 3954px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poze-Accessories.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14369\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14369 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poze-Accessories.jpg\" alt=\"Poze Accessories\" width=\"3954\" height=\"2753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poze-Accessories.jpg 3954w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poze-Accessories-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poze-Accessories-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poze-Accessories-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poze-Accessories-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poze-Accessories-696x485.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poze-Accessories-1068x744.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poze-Accessories-603x420.jpg 603w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3954px) 100vw, 3954px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NatWest Real Estate Finance Manager and Diversity Ambassador, Manjit Kang, CEO of Poze, Daanish Ahmed and Managing Director of Poze, Khushnud Ahmed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ecxmsonormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Poze Accessories, run by Daanish Ahmed and family, provides affordable women\u2019s luxury footwear, bridal and evening wear and has concession stands in shops across the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecxmsonormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Last month Poze celebrated a decade of success with the opening of a fourth store in the area and, with further NatWest support, looks to open another city centre store shortly.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14368\" style=\"width: 4086px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dipyum-Cakes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14368\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14368 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dipyum-Cakes.jpg\" alt=\"Dipyum Cakes\" width=\"4086\" height=\"2717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dipyum-Cakes.jpg 4086w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dipyum-Cakes-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dipyum-Cakes-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dipyum-Cakes-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dipyum-Cakes-696x463.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dipyum-Cakes-1068x710.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Dipyum-Cakes-632x420.jpg 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4086px) 100vw, 4086px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NatWest Real Estate Finance Manager and Diversity Ambassador, Manjit Kang and Owner of Dipyum Cakes, Deepali Kenth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ecxmsonormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Sparkhill is also home to Dipyum Cakes, run by Deepali Kenth and family, which has for 18 years provided specialist dietary cakes to Midlands residents and events including weddings and vegan festivals. Since 2011, the family has also offered vegetarian Indian cuisine through Deepalis restaurant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecxmsonormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">With this most recent funding, Deepali will continue to refine new recipes and secure further corporate customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecxmsonormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Daanish said: \u201cWe have worked with NatWest since day one \u2013 they have supported us for 10 years and have always been fantastic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecxmsonormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Manjit Kang, Real Estate Finance Manager and Diversity Ambassador at NatWest commented: \u201cIt\u2019s great to see Sparkhill receive its deserved recognition for offering Birmingham a predominantly independent, culturally rich dining and shopping experience. It\u2019s been a pleasure to work with the Kenth and Ahmed families and see their businesses flourish, and we look forward to many more successful years together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecxmsonormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Deepali added: \u201cNatWest has given us help all the way \u2013 Manjit and the team have shared great knowledge and expertise with us for 18 years now. They have even helped with networking by setting up meetings with new customers as we look to grow. We couldn\u2019t ask for more from the experience we\u2019ve had with NatWest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NatWest has a long history spanning over 30 years of supporting retailers in Sparkhill, an area now widely recognised as Britain\u2019s independent shopping capital. Two local businesses that are taking Sparkhill by storm with NatWest support are Poze Accessories and Dipyum Cakes\/Deepalis restaurant. 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